Fairy Themed Third Birthday
Here is a big recap of my daughters 3rd fairy-themed birthday party that we hosted in our backyard. A huge thank you to Parties by DD for the arch balloon backdrop, balloon arch on the bounce house, and the kids table decor. The photos are by AJ Photography, cookies are by Barkley Rd Bakery and I’ll do a giant link of products at the bottom of the post.
WINGS, CROWNS AND HEADBANDS TO WEAR AND TAKE HOME
MAKE YOUR OWN FAIRY GARDEN
FAIRY TATTOOS & GLITTER HAIRSPRAY
FAIRY SCAVENGER HUNT
CAKE AND COOKIES
VENDORS (in the Atlanta, GA area)
Parties by DD - Balloon backdrop, balloon arch for bounce house, kids table decor
Photographer - AJ Photography
Cookies by Barkley Rd Bakery
GENERAL DECOR:
Plastic sign holders
Quinnies Enchanted Forest sign - made by me and a friend with scrap wood and vinyl
SCAVENGER HUNT:
MAKE YOUR OWN FAIRY GARDEN
Plant Saucers
Dirt - bought the cheapest bag of dirt they sold from Home Depot
Plastic fairies, trees, houses and fairy signs from Dollar Tree
Moss
Pinecones and sticks are from my own yard
FAIRY TATTOOS
Sponges from the Dollar Tree
Tiny Trashcan from the Dollar Tree
OUTFITS:
MUSIC THEMED FIRST BIRTHDAY PARTY
I had a blast hosting family and friends for Quinnies first birthday party! It was by far the biggest group of people I’ve hosted and the most decor I’ve ever made. I DIY’d a bunch of items since I wanted a music themed party with pink, silver and orange. Every time I tried to find music party decor it was always in black and red so I had to make my own!
I kept the food super simple since I was spending the majority of my time prepping the house with decor. For food I didn’t want anything that had to stay hot or cold and I needed to accommodate both meat eaters and vegans. Because of this, I did a make your own sandwich bar with vegan and regular meat, cheese, and condiment options. I also had a relish tray, fruit, pre-made dips, and potato salad. For drinks I had sweet tea, OJ, Processco, Beer, water, and punch. For dessert I made two kinds of cupcakes - this box funfetti cake with vanilla icing, and this recipe for an AMAZING vegan chocolate cake.
I always want to have activities for everyone to do so we had a “decorate your own maraca station” with stickers, a temporary tattoo station with music themed tattoos, a bounce house in the front yard, and our playroom was open to use as well.
The goody bags were tailored to each child because some kids were older, some were toddlers, and we even had some infants. I collected packs of stuff here and there for MONTHS, always popped into the Dollar Tree every time they changed seasons, and bought stuff all over the internet. I had SO much fun making each bag for each child.
Let’s be honest, decor was my main focus! I spent months making the ceiling streamers, the backdrop, the highchair streamers, the custom cupcake face toppers, and shopping around collecting items that matched the theme.
To see how I made the fringe backdrop from plastic tablecloths, click here.
To see how I made the ceiling streamers, click here.
Everything I could find is linked here:
Stickers to decorate maracas from Dollar Tree, similar linked here
Temporary Tattoos (here, here, and here) I removed any that weren’t age/theme appropriate.
Party favor bags, similar linked her
Pastel Sprinkles, similar linked here
Smiley Face Confetti - Dollar Tree but similar linked here